Stress and Wound

Stress

Stress noun - The burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time.

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Wound and stress are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wound" instead the word "Stress" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: stressed, stressful, stressing

Wound noun - An injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin).

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Stress and wound are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Stress" instead the word "Wound" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: wounded, wounding

physical	physical stress	physical wound
deep	deep stress	deep wound
heavy	heavy stress	heavy wound
severe	severe stress	severe wound
Other adjectives: massive, big, serious, little, new, extra, additional, significant, prolonged, resulting.

body	stress body	wound body
way	stress way	wound way

Don't count on this, though: due to stress of the situation and adrenaline, you might well kill them by emptying the magazine OR they might retaliate if you wound them.

Source: Little Useless Gun
In Real Life, acute stress reaction shock is often responsible for this; a person may not realize that he has a serious wound until it is too late.

Source: Time-Delayed Death
Both are deeply conflicted over their lovers' alleged infidelity, stress over their place in Medieval society and how people perceive them, and undergo major personality changes after suffering a traumatic wound to their hands.

Source: Foil / A Song of Ice and Fire

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